Luc Delahaye Explained

Luc Delahaye (born 1962) is a French photographer known for his large-scale color works depicting conflicts, world events or social issues. His pictures are characterized by detachment, directness and rich details, a documentary approach which is however countered by dramatic intensity and a narrative structure.[1]

Delahaye has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal twice,[2] the Oskar Barnack Award, an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography,[3] the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize[4] and the Prix Pictet.[5]

Career

Delahaye started his career as a photojournalist. He joined the photo agency Sipa Press in the mid-1980s and dedicated himself to war reporting. In 1994, he joined the Magnum Photos cooperative and Newsweek magazine (he left Magnum in 2004).[2] He worked during the 1980s and 1990s as a war photographer in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia, Israel/Palestine, the Gulf,[6] Chechnya,[7] and Lebanon. His photography was characterized by its raw, direct recording of news and often combined a perilous closeness to events with an intellectual detachment in the questioning of his own presence.[2] [8] This concern was later mirrored in minimalist series published as books, notably Portrait/1, a set of photobooth portraits of homeless people and L'Autre, a series of candid portraits made with a hidden camera in the Paris subway.[6] With Winterreise, he explored the social consequences of the economic depression in Russia, "travelling from Moscow to Vladivostok, during which he spent months in the hovels of Russia's underclass".[6] In 2001, Delahaye conducted a radical formal change.[2] Documenting conflicts, political events or social issues, his pictures are made using large or medium format cameras, sometimes edited on computers and are shown in museums.[2] While exploring the boundaries between reality and the imaginary,[9] they constitute documents-monuments of immediate history,[10] and urge reflection "upon the relationships among art, history and information".[1]

Books

Awards

Collections

Delahaye's work is held in the following public collections:

7 prints (as of June 2021)[19]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. J. Paul Getty Museum. Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye. July 31 - November 25, 2007 at the Getty Center. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  2. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2021-06-06. Luc Delahaye turns war photography into an uncomfortable art. 9 August 2011. The Guardian.
  3. Web site: 2021-06-03. 2001 Infinity Award: Photojournalism. 23 February 2016. International Center of Photography.
  4. News: What are you doing here?. 6 April 2005 . 19 January 2017 . Adrian . Searle . . London .
  5. Web site: 2021-06-06. Mohamed Bourouissa. 20 June 2012. Prix Pictet.
  6. Web site: Peter. Lennon. Peter Lennon. 2021-06-06. The big picture. 31 January 2004. The Guardian.
  7. Web site: 2021-06-07. Snapshot: 'Le Village' by Luc Delahaye. Financial Times.
  8. Weski, T.: Click/Double-Click, page 44. Walther König, 2006. .
  9. http://www.artpress.com/article/01/11/2004/photographie--entre-art-et-info--brluc-delahaye--decision-dun-instant/18438 Luc Delahaye: Snap Decision. Interview by Philippe Dagen.
  10. Chevrier, J.F.: Click/Double-Click, page 59. Walther König, 2006.
  11. Web site: View from the Photo Desk: Luc Delahaye. The Digital Journalist. Richards. Roger. August 2004. 2016-06-18. he received the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal (2002 & 1993).
  12. Web site: 2021-06-03. Winner 2000: Luc Delahaye - LOBA. Winner 2000: Luc Delahaye - LOBA.
  13. Web site: 2021-06-05 . Taliban . chrysler.emuseum.com.
  14. Web site: 2021-06-06 . Luc Delahaye (French, born 1962) (Getty Museum) . The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
  15. Web site: 2021-06-06. Taliban. High Museum of Art.
  16. Web site: 2021-06-06. Jenin Refugee Camp #1. High Museum of Art.
  17. Web site: 2021-06-06. About the collection. Huis Marseille.
  18. Web site: 2021-06-06. Luc Delahaye. 3 March 2016. International Center of Photography.
  19. Web site: 2021-06-03. Luc Delahaye. collections.lacma.org.
  20. Web site: 2021-06-06. Museum Helmond. Museum Helmond.
  21. Web site: Luc Delahaye . . 4 August 2021.
  22. Web site: 2021-06-06. 'Kabul Road', by Luc Delahaye, 2001. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk.
  23. Web site: 2021-06-03. Delahaye, Luc. SFMOMA.
  24. Web site: Tate. 2021-06-03. Luc Delahaye born 1962. Tate.
  25. Web site: 2023-07-08. Recent History: Luc Delahaye (Getty Center Exhibitions). www.getty.edu.
  26. Web site: Conflict, Time, Photography. 19 October 2015 . .
  27. Web site: Conflict, Time, Photography . . 19 October 2015.
  28. Web site: Conflict, Time, Photography . . 19 October 2015.

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